We are honored to recognize Laura Gordon, an Americorps VISTA at the Food Bank through Maine’s Ending Hunger Corps, as the Outstanding National Service Volunteer of the Year! Her dedication to our mission of ending hunger through her service and volunteerism has significantly impacted the community.
Since 1987, the Governor’s Awards for Service and Volunteerism have celebrated and recognized the role of citizen volunteers in the success and vitality of Maine communities. Laura is an excellent addition to our volunteer team. During her time with the Food Bank, she has created a service-learning program that educates and inspires students to learn about food insecurity in Maine and ways to help eliminate hunger.
Laura is a member of the Ending Hunger Corps, an AmeriCorps VISTA program sponsored by Maine’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF). The program aims to build capacity to fulfill Maine’s historic commitment to creating a hunger-free state by 2030. During her first year at the Food Bank, Laura developed materials to recruit, engage, and recognize volunteers, resulting in over seventy-four volunteers recruited and a customized volunteer toolkit created for partner agencies.